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Musket 998 Just About Finished

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We've been really fortunate here at The Kneeslider, you and I have been able to watch an idea come to life from the first sketches and designs, all the way to the advanced stages it's reached right now. Aniket's Musket 998 is a study in persistent pursuit of a goal and many aspiring motorcycle builders could learn a lot just following the progress. A new batch of photos … [Read more...]

Magpul Ronin 1125R Coming This Year

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It's been three years since we told you the Magpul Ronin 1125R was slated for possible production. Things have been quiet, but no more, they've just announced the bike will be built, beginning mid 2013, in a limited production run of 47, inspired by the 47 Ronin warriors. ... each hand-built bike will be issued a name - in lieu of a serial number - that corresponds with each … [Read more...]

Kaw-ster Cafe Racer from Slovakia by Roman Juris

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The Kneeslider is fortunate to have a lot of readers from all over the world and sometimes they send us photos about a motorcycle they've built, but, though the information is all there, I have to rely on Google translate to sort it all out, and that's what I was working with here, a Kawasaki ZR7 based cafe racer from builder Roman Juris of Slovakia. Translation difficulties … [Read more...]

Suzuki GT750 Water Buffalo

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If you're on the lookout for an exceptional vintage motorcycle coming up for sale, hoping to find a nice classic, you'll constantly see great examples of all of the usual suspects, the CB750, Kawasaki Z1s, every variety of Triumph and Norton, and many, many others, but it's nice to see really clean examples of bikes like this one, a Suzuki GT750. The GT750 is a two stroke … [Read more...]

Bringing Manufacturing Back to the USA

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Technology Review is currently running an excellent series of articles, the last one I mentioned, about shale gas, fired everyone up and subsequently, many readers missed the point, which was how it could help bring manufacturing back to the USA. The magazine is trickling these articles out day by day and the latest one goes into the "reshoring" initiative that's really taking … [Read more...]